To keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Residents in a quiet Rochdale neighbourhood have been left terrified after their street was the scene of a sickening machete attack.
A 21-year-old man suffered 'potentially life-threatening injuries' after he was set upon by a gang armed with knives at around 9.45pm on Tuesday.
Witnesses claim the victim, fearing he was going to die, 'screamed for his mother' while being dragged from a wrecked car which had crashed into a lamppost in Shawclough Road. READ MORE:Man shot in Salford - latest updates from police scene He was then beaten by the machete and 'chain'-wielding thugs.
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